Sunday, June 22, 2008

It's getting hot out here.

This is the silver lining in the larger-than-expected workload at the office this summer. Besides the long seconds in park when I'm broiling in the car as I blast the air conditioner with the windows rolled down to push out the convection-oven hot air, this month has literally flown by. I have a wonderful someone with whom to wrestle off the post-menstrual hornies, and I may be overseas by next summer, maybe even next winter.

I had an unexpected early response to one of my applications and résumé submissions to several NGOs last Monday. I arranged a telephone interview during lunchtime Friday, and it went very well. So now it's a waiting game. And makes me give serious consideration to just how culture-shocked I will feel in the country I may be in next year or sooner.

It makes me look at the horoscope I put up behind my desk and on this site for New Year 2008, the one that made me screech to a halt all these must-do resolutions that made my heart sink. That horoscope made me realize that I'm always pushing myself to set all these self-improvement goals, and then I let the years fly by working and finding more work on top of that, and never use my mad Virgo planning skills to search for and plan fun, pleasure. So my desert fun must-dos for this year have been pushed to the top of the agenda, literally. I must take a ride on the tram to the top of my beloved Mount San Jacinto soon; that Die Hard man better be up for it.

Oh, and here's another addition to my blogroll that's a great resource for wrestling the hornies and it's written by by one savvy, intelligent blogger. Depending on your tastes, some of the items may be a personal "aahhhh" or a "ewwwwww" but it'll have you coming back for more. And it has some pretty decent freebie porn links ;)

Not safe for work, of course, but very satisfying libido and brain candy, as is my golden oldie Missy E video above. ... "I got the magic stick, I can go for hours, from the bed, to the flo', to the sink, to the shower!"¡Buenas noches, camaradas en cabronadas!

Yes, believe it or not there was a time not long ago I didn't buy into the zodiac -- until an otherwise very cynical friend pointed out these qualities and took me to a full reading for my birthday. And I may end up either in Central or South America -- Guatemala or Argentina -- or Asia -- Korea or Vietnam. But have other apps that are in review as far as I know, so trying to not to get to centered on this one. & great to 'see' you again, Beastie Boy!

About Me

Mexipino American, desert rat, nanny to The Big Guy, Cheshire Cat, and Slick: Attorneys at Law ... and English Literature Bachelor of Arts; so kindly save your complaints regarding my grammar, usage, and general torture of the English language for the California State University Board of Trustees.

Zen mind, Beginners mind

The true Buddha lies within. In essence, that means to seek your own truth. Whatever it is, if it does not ring true deep inside of you, then it isn't true — for you.

Follow those who seek The Truth. Beware of those who find it.

THE 80 PERCENT RULE:

"Readers of my horoscope column 'Free Will Astrology' are sometimes surprised when I say I only believe in astrology about 80 percent. 'You're a quack?!' they cry. Not at all, I explain. I've been a passionate student of the ancient art for years. About the time my overeducated young brain was on the verge of desertification, crazy wisdom showed up in the guise of astrology, moistening my soul just in time to save it.

'But what about the other 20 percent?' they press on. 'Are you saying your horoscopes are only partially true?'

I assure them that my doubt proves my love. By cultivating a tender, cheerful skepticism, I inoculate myself against the virus of fanaticism. This ensures that astrology will be a supple tool in my hands, an adaptable art form, and not a rigid, explain-it-all dogma that over-literalizes and distorts the mysteries it seeks to illuminate."

... So to be a human being is to be a Buddha. Buddha nature is just another name for human nature, our true human nature. Thus even though you do not do anything, you are actually doing something. You are expressing yourself. You are expressing your true nature. Your eyes will express; your voice will express; your demeanor will express. The most important thing is to express your true nature in the simplest, most adequate way and to appreciate it in the smallest existence ... - Shunryu Suzuki Roshi

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination.All other wars are subsumed by it."—Diane Di Prima, "Rant," from Pieces of a Song

Your main assignment in 2008, Virgo, is to become highly skilled at feeling good. Does that sound like something you might want to do? If so, here's the beginning of a regimen you could follow:

(1) Be constantly taking notes about what experiences give you delight and what situations make you feel at home in the world.

(2) Always be scheming to provide yourself with those experiences and situations.

(3) Take a vow that nothing will obstruct you from seeking out and creating pleasure, peace, love, wonder, and an intimate connection with life.

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SACRED ADVERTISEMENTS Where exactly does happiness come from? That's the riddle posed by David Meyers and Ed Diener in their article, "The Science of Happiness," published in The Futurist magazine. I invite you to write your own answers to their question. Map out the foundations of your own science of happiness. Get serious about defining what makes you feel good. What specific experiences arouse your deepest gratification? Physical pleasure? Seeking the truth? Being a good person? Contemplating the meaning of life? Enjoying the fruits of your accomplishments? Purging pent-up emotion?

--------------------------------------------------------------- Every fundamentalist divides the world into two camps, those who agree with him and like him and help him, and those who don't. There is only one right way to interpret the world—according to the ideas the fundamentalist believes to be true—and a million wrong ways.

The fundamental attitude of all fundamentalists is to take everything way too seriously and too personally and too literally. Imagination is a sin and a crime. Correct belief is the only virtue. Every fundamentalist is committed to waging war against the imagination unless the imagination is enslaved to his or her belief system.

And here's the bad news: Like almost everyone in the world, each of us has our own share of the fundamentalist virus. It may not be as dangerous to the collective welfare as, say, the fundamentalism of Islamic terrorists or Christian politicians or CEOs who act as if making a financial profit is the supreme good or scientists who deny the existence of the 96 percent of reality imperceptible to the five senses. Our fundamentalism is not as virulent as theirs.

But still: We are infected, you and I, with fundamentalism. What are we going to do about it?

I say we practice taking everything less seriously and less personally and less literally. -- Rob Brezsny,FreeWillAstrology.com

VIRGO:

YOU are intelligent, reliable, and diligent.

OTHER Virgos are fussy, critical worry-warts, and lots of the ones that are guys are not that happy that their sign is a girl so they lie and say they're Leos.

You know what? Let's fix that right now. From now on, a Virgo man is called a Mango, and that is final.

LIKES Books, details, and telling people that their sign is a pretty girl. (Mangos, you can start telling people that your sign is a bulldog or a piranha or something tough like that.)